Since Bruce's father, Thomas Wayne, the Wayne family has begun to focus on the ordinary residents of Gotham, hoping to make the lives of the residents of Gotham better through the power of the Wayne Group.

The idea is good, and the Wayne family has indeed done a lot of livelihood projects that are not profitable at all.

But the inhabitants of Gotham are not particularly grateful to the Wayne family.

It's not because the inhabitants of Gotham don't know gratitude, it's because the Wayne family is too wealthy.

How so?

There is a saying in Gotham that the Wayne family is the true master of Gotham!

Although the Wayne family did not completely control Gotham's ambitions, they could not stand the popularity of conspiracy theories.

Especially after the Wayne family began to meddle in livelihood projects that did not make money.

When Thomas Wayne took control of the Wayne Group, although most of the residents of Gotham did not like the Wayne family, at least they did not reject the Wayne family too much, and they could only be regarded as insensitive.

But by Bruce's generation, things changed.

In order to prevent others from associating himself with Batman, Bruce deliberately disguised himself as a playboy who did not know the suffering of the world, and used various occasions to show his bohemianism.

For ordinary people, the most annoying thing is the rich second generation.

And in Gotham, Bruce is the most flamboyant and richest rich second generation.

The inhabitants of Gotham can accept a fellow ordinary person disguised as Batman to protect them, but they have a hard time accepting that they are being secretly protected by a bohemian rich second generation.

If the inhabitants of Gotham knew that Batman was Bruce.

Not only will they not thank Bruce, they will even lose faith in Batman.

It's hard to build trust.

But if you want to destroy trust, you only need to have the right opportunity.

Although Bruce has a lot of plans to deal with the speculation that "Bruce is Batman".

But in the plan he prepared, there was no plan to deal with his own voluntary confession.

"Mr. Wayne, there's not much time left for you to think!"

Lars' right hand strained slightly, allowing the tip of the katana to pierce Alfred's skin, a trail of blood flowing.

Although the tip of the katana had pierced his skin, Alfred, who was being stepped on by Lars, looked at Bruce with a kind face as if he didn't feel pain.

Alfred didn't say anything.

However, after seeing the kind expression on his face, Bruce immediately had a bad premonition.

Alfred was indeed a butler, but on the other hand, Alfred was no different from Bruce's father.

After the death of his parents, it was Alfred who took care of Bruce as he grew up.

If there's anyone in the world who knows Bruce best, it's Alfred.

"Don't!"

Seeing Alfred's eyes, Bruce shook his head and said to him.

Bruce had already guessed what Alfred was going to do.

Alfred smiled with relief and grabbed the katana with both hands, intending to let the katana pierce his heart directly.

Although Alfred does not have the strength of his youth, he can still do it if he is bent on death.

Lars didn't expect Alfred to be so loyal to the Wayne family.

I'd rather give up my life on my own initiative than let Bruce be threatened.

Accidents are accidents, and Lars's reaction is not slow.

As soon as the katana was stabbed down by Alfre, Lars's right hand slammed into force.

Laugh at!

The sharp katana instantly slashed through Alfred's palm, breaking away from Alfred's grasp.

After drawing the katana back, Lars kicked his right foot towards Alfred, turning Alfred from lying down to lying down.

Then, he stepped on Alfred with his right foot again, holding the blood-stained katana against his back.

"Mr. Wayne, this butler of yours is not very obedient!"

"If you can't decide, Mr. Wayne, then let me help you decide."

Lars ignored Alfred and said to Bruce.

Looking at Alfred, who was bleeding profusely, Bruce didn't speak, and reached for his helmet with both hands, intending to automatically announce that he was Batman as Lars said.

Just as he was about to take off his helmet, Roy's voice came from outside.

"You're not efficient."

"Can't you solve the defeat of your former subordinates?"

Roy said as he walked in from outside the study.

After sensing that the breath of life of Lars, Alfred, and Bruce all appeared in the study, he knew that Bruce was likely to be taken care of by Lars.

Not to mention that the hostage is Alfred, who grew up taking care of himself, even if it is a stranger he doesn't know, Bruce will be led by the nose by Lars.

Why do superheroes always get led by the nose by supervillains?

It's not that supervillains are stronger than superheroes, it's that supervillains never follow the rules, and superheroes have all sorts of concerns.

So Roy never intended to be a superhero.

After hearing Roy's words, Bruce stopped what he was doing and turned his head to look at Roy.

For some reason, the moment he heard Roy's voice, he suddenly relaxed, no longer worried that Alfred would be killed by Lars.

Like Bruce, Lars' eyes were on Roy.

Although he doesn't know Roy as well as Bruce, he knows who Roy is.

Or rather, he knew that the Falcone family had been destroyed by Roy.

What he didn't expect was just why Roy was here.

After entering the study, Roy quickly looked at Alfred on the ground and Lars, who was armed with a katana, and immediately figured out the situation at the scene.

"He'll leave it to me."

Roy said to Bruce.

"Good!"

Bruce didn't hesitate and replied immediately.

"You're the 'Ninja Master' Lars, aren't you?"

"Although I don't know where you got your confidence, you actually think you can destroy Gotham in a week."

"One thing I'm sure of is that I don't like you at all."

"For Damian's grandfather's sake, I'll give you a personal advice."

"Let go of Ah Fu and go back to the headquarters of the Shadow Warrior Alliance."

"If you cooperate, I can spare your life and get you out of here alive."

Roy said to Lars.

What?

After hearing Roy's words, Lars' first reaction was that Roy was crazy.

He admits that Roy does have some skills.

But he didn't think Roy would be his opponent.

Isn't it the destruction of the Falcone family and the Owl Court?

Nothing remarkable!

Lars didn't speak, but he looked at Roy with an answer.

That's a look of disdain for an idiot!

"It seems that you don't accept my proposal very much, so don't waste everyone's time."

With that, Roy raised his right hand and snapped his fingers lightly.

With the snapping of his fingers, Lars immediately recognized that something was wrong.

This is?

Lars, who was full of disdain just now, suddenly showed an expression of disbelief.

Mind control!

Roy didn't use any fancy abilities, but just used mind control to freeze Lars.

After discovering that the power of the stars could be transformed into the power of the mind, he became more and more fond of the superpower of mind control.

Whether it's used to deal with opponents who are far inferior to themselves, or to fight against beings who are about the same strength as themselves, mind control is a very useful superpower.

His mastery of mind control is certainly not as strong as that of Professor X.

But compared to Professor X, he has an advantage that cannot be ignored.

That is, his body is stronger!

Professor X's body is his biggest weakness.

If he encounters an enemy who is immune to mind control, or is close to an enemy, Professor X is in danger.

And Roy won't.

In other words, he wished that the enemy would come to him and die.

After fixing Lars, Roy said unhurriedly:

"You, who have lived for hundreds of years, should have been a little more cautious."

"It's a shame you didn't do that."

Under Roy's control, Lars lifted Alfred's right foot and placed the katana in front of his neck, looking like he was about to kill himself.

Roy didn't completely cut off Lars's sense of the outside world, but only forcibly stripped him of control of his body, allowing him to clearly see and feel what he was doing.

Bruce quickly stepped forward and picked up Alfred, who had both hands wounded.

Then, he said to Roy:

"What are you going to do with him?"

"What else can I do, kill it."

Roy replied.

Bruce hesitated for a few seconds, but finally didn't say anything, and nodded silently.

If there was any other option, he didn't want Roy to kill Lars.

But it's clear that Lars is not the kind of person who will be judged by the law.

After seeing Bruce's response, Roy snapped his fingers again.

In the next second, the invisible and colorless fire of the stars completely enveloped Lars.

He didn't deliberately torture Lars.

In the blink of an eye, Lars was burned into nothingness by the fire of the stars, leaving nothing behind.

Not only Lars, but even the katana in his hand was vaporized and disappeared under the heat of the star's fire.

Oops!

Forgot to find out the exact location of the "Pool of Lazarus" from his mind!

When Lars was burned into nothingness by the Flames of the Stars, Roy realized that he had forgotten to probe Lars's memories in advance.

Although the inside of the pool of Lazarus is also an inferior version of the Dionysian factor.

But no matter how inferior it is, it is also the Dionysian factor.

Negligence!

It shouldn't be!

Roy shook his head with a look of pity.

Bruce and Alfred didn't know what Roy really thought, and when they saw his expression, they thought he was lamenting Lars's death.

"The other assassins in the manor have been killed by me, Bruce, are you going to stay with Ah Fu to deal with the aftermath, or do you want to go back to the apartment with me to Jandamian?"

Roy asked at Bruce.

Although there was a small incident of Lars and the others invading Wayne Manor, he would not forget that Damian was still in the apartment.

He was more interested in Damian than Lars.

Because in addition to being Bruce's son, Damian is also the fifth generation Robin in the comics.

However, in this universe, there is a good chance that Damien will become the first Robin.

Neither Robin, nor the rest of the Bat family, has yet to appear.

"I'll go back to the apartment with you."

After taking a look at Alfred's injuries, Bruce replied immediately.

Although Alfred was now stained with a lot of blood, his injuries were not too serious.

"Alright, Thalia should be back in the apartment now."

With that, Roy creates a star portal to the apartment in front of Bruce and Alfred.

When the Nakshatra portal took shape, he was the first to enter.

Bruce nodded at Alfred and followed Roy into the Star Portal.

Apartment.

When Bruce followed him, Roy directly disarmed the star portal.

Although they were away for a while, Damian did not run away, but stayed in the living room of the apartment very honestly.

To be exact, he stayed in the living room of the apartment with his mother, Talia.

After seeing Talia sitting next to Damian in casual clothes, Bruce's expression suddenly became a little complicated.

Although after leaving the Shadow Warrior Alliance, he never saw Talia again.

But that doesn't mean he forgot about Thalia entirely.

Don't look at the usual Bruce who looks like a bohemian playboy.

Actually, he is a very emotional person.

It's just that not everyone can be taken to heart by him.

Looking at Talia, who was no longer young, Bruce said slowly:

"Long time no see, you...... How are you doing? ”

While this is a very common question, it is not very appropriate at a time like this.

"What do you think?"

Talia asked rhetorically.

Forehead......

Hearing Talia's answer, Bruce was silent for a moment.

Seeing that Bruce was a little unsure of how to reply, Roy sighed helplessly.

It's the most troublesome to meet an old lover or something again!

While Bruce was silent, Roy spoke:

"Lars just invaded Wayne Manor with the people of the Shadow Warrior Alliance, and Bruce and I went back to deal with it."

"Whether it's Lars, or anyone else, I've already killed them."

"If you don't want to stay in Gotham, you can go back and take over the Shadow Warrior Alliance right away."

What?

After hearing Roy's words, Damian and Talia frowned at the same time.

Although Lars was their father and grandfather, neither of them liked Lars very much.

Plus, they know very well what kind of quality Lars has.

It was hard for them to imagine that Roy and Bruce had just been away for a short time before taking out Lars.

"Are you sure he's really dead?"

"Does he have the ability to come back from the dead?"

Damian immediately asked.

"I know that he has soaked in the pool of Lazarus, and that he has a self-healing ability far beyond ordinary people, and can even be resurrected from the dead to some extent."

"But I'm pretty sure he's dead now and can't die anymore."

Roy said with a look of certainty.

Not to mention that the pool of Lazarus is only an inferior version of the Bacchus factor, even if it is the purest Bacchus factor, it is absolutely impossible for Lars, who was burned into nothingness by the fire of the stars, to come back to life.

It's true that the Dionysian factor doesn't follow the laws of science very much, but his star fire is even less reasonable.

(End of chapter)